Parrish woman dies after crashing into concrete power pole

LAKEWOOD RANCH, FL. – A Parrish woman is dead after crashing her vehicle into a light pole.

It happened Thursday around 1 pm on Lakewood Ranch Blvd.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, 74-year-old Vivian Rawls was traveling northbound in the right lane of Lakewood Ranch Blvd, when she lost control of her vehicle and veered across the northbound lanes, center median and southbound lanes, and then struck a light pole followed by a concrete power pole.

She was taken to Blake Medical Center, where she died from her injuries.